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I made some awesome Spaghetti alla Carbonara tonight. Was surprisingly quick(like 20 mins start to finish), cheap, easy, and delicious. Sadly, even though I turned off the stove, the burner stayed a bit too hot and the egg sauce started to scramble a little. Still delicious, just not as great a texture for the sauce.

1. Boil big pot of water, add enough salt until you can taste it in the water a little, add pasta.
2. Chop bacon to small bits, put in frying pan, cook until slightly crispy.
3. Cook peas in microwave.
4. eat egg yolk and mix in parmesan in a separate bowl.
5. Strain water from pasta, save half cup of starchy water for mixing in as sauce
6. Put pasta back in pot but take pot off stove and put on counter (additional heat will ruin eggs), add bacon, all the bacon grease in the pan, and the peas, stir.
7. Pour in egg yolk parmesan mix, add some salt, some cracked pepper, a little bit of chili flakes or powder if you like spicier, stir. Add the starchy water from earlier until the sauce is not too thick.

I made some awesome Spaghetti alla Carbonara tonight. Was surprisingly quick(like 20 mins start to finish), cheap, easy, and delicious. Sadly, even though I turned off the stove, the burner stayed a bit too hot and the egg sauce started to scramble a little. Still delicious, just not as great a texture for the sauce.

1. Boil big pot of water, add enough salt until you can taste it in the water a little, add pasta.
2. Chop bacon to small bits, put in frying pan, cook until slightly crispy.
3. Cook peas in microwave.
4. eat egg yolk and mix in parmesan in a separate bowl.
5. Strain water from pasta, save half cup of starchy water for mixing in as sauce
6. Put pasta back in pot but take pot off stove and put on counter (additional heat will ruin eggs), add bacon, all the bacon grease in the pan, and the peas, stir.
7. Pour in egg yolk parmesan mix, add some salt, some cracked pepper, a little bit of chili flakes or powder if you like spicier, stir. Add the starchy water from earlier until the sauce is not too thick.

Eat.

looks great buddy... I always add the yolks out of the pan in a serving dish, toss in there. Also, if you can, get pancetta (or much more preferable, guanciale) for the "traditional" carbonara recipe. mmmmm i could go for that right now.

I made some awesome Spaghetti alla Carbonara tonight. Was surprisingly quick(like 20 mins start to finish), cheap, easy, and delicious. Sadly, even though I turned off the stove, the burner stayed a bit too hot and the egg sauce started to scramble a little. Still delicious, just not as great a texture for the sauce.

1. Boil big pot of water, add enough salt until you can taste it in the water a little, add pasta.
2. Chop bacon to small bits, put in frying pan, cook until slightly crispy.
3. Cook peas in microwave.
4. eat egg yolk and mix in parmesan in a separate bowl.
5. Strain water from pasta, save half cup of starchy water for mixing in as sauce
6. Put pasta back in pot but take pot off stove and put on counter (additional heat will ruin eggs), add bacon, all the bacon grease in the pan, and the peas, stir.
7. Pour in egg yolk parmesan mix, add some salt, some cracked pepper, a little bit of chili flakes or powder if you like spicier, stir. Add the starchy water from earlier until the sauce is not too thick.

Eat.

Try this for an even easier dish and less dishes. When the bacon (or better yet panchetta as already mentioned) is done, drain off most of the fat. Add heavy cream and cheese while stirring. I usually add the past and egg to the sauce at the same time then mix it all together.

Try this for an even easier dish and less dishes. When the bacon (or better yet panchetta as already mentioned) is done, drain off most of the fat. Add heavy cream and cheese while stirring. I usually add the past and egg to the sauce at the same time then mix it all together.